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Question 1

natio omnis Gallorum est magnopere dedita religionibus

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Answer 1

The whole race of the Gauls is especially devoted to religious practices,

Question 2

Atque ob eam causam ei, qui sunt affecti gravioribus morbis quique in proeliis periculisque versantur,

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Answer 2

and for that reason, those who have been afflicted by the more serious illnesses and those who are engaged in battles and dangerous situations

Question 3

aut pro victimis homines immolant aut se immolaturos esse vovent administrisque ad ea sacrificia Druidibus utuntur,

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Answer 3

either sacrifice human beings as victims or vow that they will sacrifice them and they use Druids as assistants at those sacrifices,

Question 4

Quod, nisi pro vita hominis reddatur hominis vita, non posse deorum immortalium numen placari arbitrantur:

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Answer 4

for, they believe that unless the life of a man is given for the life of a man, the will of the immortal gods cannot be appeased;

Question 5

publicque eiusdem generis habent instituta sacrificia.

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Answer 5

they have sacrifices of the same kind in the name of the state.

Question 6

alii simulacra ingenti magnitudine habent, quorum membra viminibus contexta vivis hominibus complent;

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Answer 6

Others have effigies of enormous size, the limbs of which, woven from branches, they fill with living people;

Question 7

simulacris incensis homines flamma circumventi pereunt.

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Answer 7

after the effigies are set alight the people, enveloped in flame, die.

Question 8

supplicia eorum qui en furto aut latrocinio aut aliqua noxia sint comprehensi gratiora deis immortalibus esse arbitrantur;

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Answer 8

They think that the execution of those who have been caught committing theft or robbery or some sort of offences is more pleasing to the immortal gods;

Question 9

sed, cum copia eius generis defecit, etiam ad innocentium supplicia descendunt.

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Answer 9

but, when the supplies of this type of people are running out, they even resort to the execution of the innocent.